The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will visit Russia in late April for his first meeting with Vladimir Putin, Moscow has said.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will visit Russia in late April for his first meeting with Vladimir Putin, Moscow has said.
“Following an invitation from Vladimir Putin ... Kim Jong-un will visit Russia in the second half of April,” said the Kremlin in a statement on its website on Thursday.
The announcement comes after North Korea said it had tested a new tactical weapon with a “powerful warhead”, as denuclearisation talks with Washington appear to have stalled.
The Kremlin did not provide details of the exact date or location of the meeting but Russian, South Korean and Japanese media said it would be in Russia’s far east.
Putin has long expressed his readiness to meet the North Korean leader.
The implications of Kims' visit to Russia are analysed by the political commentator Jung Sik Seo.
